Course Descriptions

MCB

Gateway Course: MCB 60 “Cellular Biology & Molecular Medicine”

An introduction to the principles of molecular and cellular biology using medical syndromes to highlight the biological mechanisms that underpin human disease and physiology. Topics include DNA repair, protein folding, and cancer, with an emphasis on the experimental evidence for key concepts. Includes weekly lab-based research and discussions of the primary literature.

Instructors: Vlad Denic, Alex Schier

Semester: Fall

MCB Courses by Subject Area

Structure and Function of Molecules:

These courses cover the structure of macromolecules and a biochemical approach to cellular function.

MCB 63 “Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine”

MCB 65 “Physical Biochemistry: Understanding Macromolecular Machines”

MCB 176 “Biochemistry of Membranes”

MCB 178 “Biochemistry of Protein Complexes”

MCB 188 “Chromosomes”

Cell Organization and Behavior:

These courses cover the organization of single-celled and multicellular organisms and the behavior of the cells therein, from microbes or neurons.

MCB 64 “The Cell Biology of Human Life”

MCB 68 “Cell Biology Through the Microscope”

MCB 80 “Neurobiology of Behavior”

MCB 105 “Systems Neuroscience”

MCB 115 “Cellular Basis of Neuronal Function”

MCB 121 “The Microbes”

MCB 129 “The Brain: Development Plasticity and Decline”

MCB 141 “Molecular and Cellular Biology of the Senses and their Disorders”